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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing)	106	106	Browse	Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition.	72	72	Browse	Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington	64	64	Browse	Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8	43	43	Browse	Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition.	35	35	Browse	Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2	35	35	Browse	Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories	35	35	Browse	Search
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life	30	30	Browse	Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3.	26	26	Browse	Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 22. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones)	26	26	Browse	Search
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had heard of the proclamation, and we all reverently thanked God for it. Next to me was an old negro who had been taken prisoner in East Tennessee. He had originally been freed by his master, a wealthy Georgian planter. When this son of Africa prayed, he let himself out in all the power and exuberance of his strong but uneducated mind. O, good Lord! cried he, don't let off de steam, but put on more steam, 0, good Lord! and don't put on de brakes; but run her right up to de fust of January! And den 0, good, blessed Lord, my wife'll be free! Tank God! glory! Amen! God send down de power! Amen, and amen! As this earnest freedman ceased prayer, I thought of my own white countrymen who were fighting to keep the slave enchained: And we are free-but is there not One blot upon our name? Is our proud record written fair Upon the scroll of fame? Our banner floateth by the shore, Our flag upon the sea; But when the fettered slave is loosed, We shall be truly free. That n

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